Reigning World All-Around Champion Simone Biles Leads Women’s Field for Team USA

Al Trautwig, Tim Daggett, and Nastia Liukin Host Coverage

STAMFORD, Conn. – October 8, 2014 – NBC presents coverage of the 2014 World Gymnastics Championships this Saturday, October 11 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET, with three hours of coverage on Sunday, October 12 from 3 – 6 p.m. ET.

Featuring more than 600 athletes from 74 countries, the World Gymnastics Championships are taking place at the Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium in Nanning, China. NBC’s coverage will include the women’s and men’s team finals and women’s and men’s all-around competitions.

Headliners in the women’s field include two-time U.S. all-around champion and reigning World all-around champion Simone Biles, who looks to become the first woman to win back-to-back World all-around titles since Russia’s Svetlana Khorkina in 2001 and 2003, and 2012 Olympic team gold-medalist and three-time World silver-medalist Kyla Ross.